Wind turbine suffers catastrophic failure; no one is irradiated

Last month, a wind turbine on a North Dakota wind farm suffered a "catastrophic failure" when "oversight" and "human error" — features of energy infrastructure which scientists suggest are unavoidable — led to the enormous turbine falling off its mount.

The most recent reports indicate that so far the only casualties are a wide swath of grass and possibly a family of voles.

Engineers warn, however, that this is certainly not the last time this will happen. Even bigger wind power-related disasters have occurred in the past, as illustrated in this dramatic footage in which nobody also died: